You’re young, full of potential but there are numerous blockades put in front of you simply because of your ancestral populations’ relative excess of melanin. That scarlet letter you can’t hide from. It’s painted onto every part of what’s visible. You can’t pull it from your neck and heave that yoke. It’s not tattooed onto your skin as a set of letters …
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